Russian delegation lays wreaths to Liberation monument.

12/6 Tass 50


PYONGYANG, June 12 (Itar-Tass) -- The staff of Russia's institutions
in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have laid wreaths to the
Liberation monument in the Moranbon Park on Saturday.
The monument commemorates the Soviet military who died for the freedom
of the people of the DPRK.
Russia's Ambassador to the DPRK, Valery Sukhinin, and the military
attache of Russia's embassy, Alexey Bartusov, headed the ceremony.
"Long live the great Soviet Army that liberated the people of Korea
from the yoke of Japan's militarists and opened the way to liberty and
independence!" - the inscription on the monument reads. The guard of
honour stood at the monument.
Similar ceremonies of laying wreaths to monuments to the Soviet
soldiers took place in other cities of the country.
Presently, in the DPRK there are twelve memorials to the Soviet
soldiers who died for the liberation of Korea from Japan in 1945.

-0-kar/kud